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Meta has launched the Llama 3.1 AI models, including the massive Llama 3.1 405B, with a 128K context length. These models are open-source and competitive with top AI models like GPT-4, available through various cloud platforms alternativeto.net/news/2024/7/…


Heads up for Linux @thunderbird users: We have seen an issue where the new tray icon isn't rendering on daily.

Long story short it kinda helps if you install TB-symbolic.svg in `mach install` !

Please adjust your packaging for daily to ensure TB-symbolic.svg is now accounted for in chrome/icons/default/ - we've got `mach install` fixed now xD

hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/re…



The folks at TPGuy have finally made a Firefox extension for ARC Toolkit:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

I installed it yesterday. Nothing has caught fire. Appears to work as I recall it on Chrome.

#accessibility #a11y



prídem dom, jebnem ten polkilový stejk na panvicu, zjem ho, a pôjdem spať



pivkodomu.cz/chernobeer-etheri…


Daily Song, Suno, my Lyrics, Brian's Production.

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Good morning all. While sitting here waiting for my groceries, I've been conversing with my echo device. I ask if there are any words in the English language that have a silent letter R. Apparently there aren't any words that have a silent r. If that's true, I wonder if there are any other letters that fit is criteria.


New Windows Subsystem for #Linux (#WSL) 2.3.12 version released to #Windows10 and #Windows11
elevenforum.com/t/windows-subs…


Today I learned that #Communism and #Capitalism actually agree on something... that landlording is bad

existentialcomics.com/comic/33…



Have you ever checked your weather app and wondered what 'chance of rain' really means? ☔️ Does it mean 20% of the area will get wet, or raindrops will be 20% smaller than usual? Or something completely different?

Watch this video to learn more 👇

🐦🔗 twitter.com/metoffice/status/1…
🕐 24/07 15:11



'It is our day!': Monster-in-law wedding-shames the bride and groom for booking vegetarian meals with catering, claiming guests 'expect luxury food': Planning a wedding is like doing a group project with your parents. You're reminded of the pitfalls, the hierarchal shifts, and the shortcomings of every member involved in the group project and each person's role starts to get jumbled as various members either relinquish responsibility or dig their heels in. For most of us, we work better alone,…


26 Security Hardening Tips for Modern Linux Servers linuxtoday.com/security/26-sec…


I was just researching what is the best washing machine cleaning product, and tripped over a delightful five-star review on Amazon, wherein, after describing the olfactory crisis that precipitated the purchase in the first place, the author of the review said with great approval, "My washer stopped smelling like American politics after I used this product."

Source: a.co/d/7Svel4j

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CrowdStrike says the problematic July 19 software update that affected 8.5M Windows devices was deployed into production due to "a bug in the Content Validator" (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

theregister.com/2024/07/24/cro…
techmeme.com/240724/p5#a240724…




The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are almost here, and NBCUniversal’s coverage will be more accessible than ever before!

Read the Q&A on accessibility:
acb.org/2024-Olympics

Read NBCUniversal’s press release:
nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-r…

Enjoy the Games!



It's 2024 and, In a first for a U.S. broadcaster, audio description services for NBC coverage will be provided in stereo.
Wow.
in reply to Sean Randall

Yep, that's because they deliver everything premixed, and while the track has been capable of being transmitted in stereo ever since digital television was a thing per the ATSC 1.0 spec, and is, in fact, transmitted in stereo for most viewers, networks usually deliver as a mono mix for legacy reasons. It's about time they did away with that artificial standard.
in reply to Sean Randall

That is if you can actually listen to it on some kind of broadcast. If you are paying the super high US cable prices, you are fine, if your TV has a screen reader that can assist in selecting the SAP channel that is. If you have Youtube TV, they appear not to broadcast AD at all, even though each channel has a primary and secondary audio track. In that case, you have to hope you can catch it on one of the multiple websites or apps it might be streaming on if you can figure out the schedule. It is still a crap shoot.


USPol

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As I was looking for something to listen to this early morning, I’ve found this really interesting fantasy drama about an 11-year-old boy who has to fight evil at a young age. How exciting! I’m sharing so you can listen, too. You know your inner child wants to. ☺️📻🔉 #TheDarkIsRising by Susan Cooper #BBCRadioDrama bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvp…


Na mamutovo.cz občas narážím na účty, u kterých se nestáhl avatar a případně další informace. Viz třeba účet jimmac na přiloženém screenshotu. Už jsem si také všiml chybějících reakcí, které jdou vidět na původním serveru. To jsou ty problémy velmi malých Mastodon instancí? @zdendys
in reply to Jakub Cabal

@Jakub Cabal @Zdendys Koukám, že mě se nejen nestahuje avatar, ale z profilu se nezobrazuje vůbec nic, ani plné jméno. Tak to asi můžu plány na socializaci zabalit.
in reply to Jakub Cabal

Já třeba tady z tohoto účtu na mastodonczech.cz dlouho neviděl profilovou na alt účtu na mamutovo @tensob_@mamutovo.cz

U jiné instance se mi to zatím nedělo a to jsem jich stihnul nasbírat docela dost viz.:
mastodon.arch-linux.cz/@tensob…

@tensob_@mastodon.arch-linux.cz , @tensob_@f.cz , @tensob_@witter.cz , @tensob_@mastodon.social



Cool to see the next NVIDIA driver (560) will be adding some new PipeWire support
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-560.2…
#linux #pipewire #nvidia




N79 band private 5G + Liberty Phone = holistic security for gov/enterprise. Made in USA, custom options available. #5G #Security #Purism
puri.sm/posts/private-cellular…


no jasné, všetko čo si môžeš priať a potrebuješ.. hnus
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

..ale je to vo farbe fasády čiže asi oukej
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#USpol shitposting

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#USpol shitposting

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Maybe your cat named you too, but you don’t know what it is because you don’t speak Cat.

#ShowerThoughts #ADHDThoughts #Cats #ADHD




uspoli, fatphobia, mh stigma

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I mostly agree here. I haven't read the Doctorow piece. But I've been having a similar conversation within my professional circles. Yes Crowdstrike screwed up. But humans are gonna screw up. We know this. So rather than discussing who to blame, the better discussion is how so many companies found themselves exposed with no way of taking control of what was happening to their systems.
hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus…
in reply to Marco Rogers

@jrconlin @lightweight

Case in counter-point: you could call it broken ticket-toss buck-pass subculture perversely incentivized.

We said "no agent complexity, or if you must, it will have phased and tested/metered roll-outs of changes". We were adamantly overruled. They said "we accept the risk of total revenue outage if this agent breaks catastrophically" and (Catch-22) "you must still ensure no outage" and "you must get budget elsewhere to completely re-engineer your service".



Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them Google promotes its reCAPTCHA service as a security mechanism for websites, but researchers affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, argue it's harvesting information while extracting human labor worth billi…
#theregister #IT
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yesterday evening, I said some truely terrible things that I deeply regret. I have deleted the posts and I will be making an effort to not be so reactionary in the future. I saw the story about Sonia Massey and I saw red. I won't summarize it here except to say that it's incredibly messed up. That isn't an excuse, but it's what happened. I wasn't on anything, I just saw the story and got irrationally angry. I'm very sorry for the truely terrible shit I said, and it's just never a good idea to paint all cops with the same brush, as others have said. I'll do better. @philliesfan4 @technocounselor @darren_duff @LavenderPawprints @lunar_fang @cary5871 @gocu54
in reply to Mike Breedlove

I think an enthusiastic acab will suffice. Not all X defenses are bullshit and miss valid criticism. Systemic problems are systemic problems.
in reply to Talon

this isn't exactly comparable but we say the sighted world doesn't give a shit about us because it doesn't. Doesn't really matter if there are good people out there who help. Obviously they are. They know how fucked up it is just as much as we do. They should still stand with us when most of the world doesn't. And the real ones will. They won't be offended because they understand.


Randomly found this song on the YouTube front page, and suddenly the day ahead feels like it will be fun: youtube.com/watch?v=3LGdFKIXr9…


It's happening again!!! They're trying to put the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) up for a vote:

thehill.com/policy/technology/…

As I've written in the past, KOSA is a censorship nightmare that'll drive LGBTQIA+ folks out of social media spaces and suppress any content that Republicans think is harmful to kids.

Please call your reps NOW, especially your Senators. If you have a Republican senator, tell them you're worried this bill will impose an unfair burden on small businesses.




foss pol apparently

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re: foss pol apparently

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